Handling of list boxes

Question

Hi All!
I am developing a web application for my organization. in one of the forms i have a list box where the user can select multiple entries from the listbox. now, i need to handle this situation in the next JSP page where the user is redirected to.
to make my problem more clear, i am providing a sample code of what i have and what i want:
Code on Page 1:
<form name=frm1 action=page2.jsp>
<select name=xyz multiple=true>
<option value = "1">ABC
<option value = "2">CDE
</select>
<input type=submit>
</form>
Now my problem is how do i access the multiple selections that may have been made by the user.
Please Help! ITS URGENT!!!!
Thanx in advance,
Rajat Aggarwal

Answer 1

When a multiple select box submits, it submits multiple name/value pairs.
eg
submit.jsp?xyz=1&xyz=2
You use
request.getParameter("xyz") only retrieves one value.
request.getParameterVales("xyz") retrieves an array of them.
String[] selectedOptions = request.getParameterValues("xyz");